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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — More than 50 people were feared dead after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping, local police said Tuesday, the latest deadly accident in a notoriously dangerous industry. Dozens die each year in landslides caused by jade mining, a poorly regulated industry rife with corruption and sandwiched between the country’s borders with China and India. Local police described a freak accident in Kachin state on Monday […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed 37 of its citizens convicted of terrorism, three years after another mass execution that ultimately led to a break in relations with Iran. The latest executions were carried out in Riyadh, the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, the predominantly Sunni province of Qassim, and in the Eastern Province, home to the country’s Shiite minority. The men were executed “for adopting terrorist and extremist […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists said Tuesday they might have detected the first known seismic tremor on Mars in a discovery that could shed light on the ancient origins of Earth’s neighbor. A dome-shaped probe known as SEIS landed on the surface of Mars in December after hitching a ride on NASA’s InSight spacecraft. Its instruments measure surface vibrations caused by weather but are also capable of detecting movement from deep within the planet — […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a devastating series of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people. The claim, accompanied by a photo and video of the men the group said had unleashed the carnage, emerged more than 48 hours after the near-simultaneous blasts ripped through three high-end hotels popular with foreigners and three churches packed with Christians marking […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — At least 264 people have been killed and over 1,200 wounded in weeks of fighting on the outskirts of Libya’s capital, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, as African leaders called for an immediate ceasefire. The WHO used Twitter to urge “a temporary cessation of hostilities, and for all parties to respect humanitarian law”. Eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on the capital on April 4, as his self-styled Libyan […]
by Sunghee Hwang SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed for Russia Wednesday for a first summit with Vladimir Putin, as Pyongyang seeks closer ties with its traditional ally amid a nuclear deadlock with the United States. The meeting will be Kim’s first face-to-face talks with another head of state since returning from his Hanoi summit with US President Donald Trump, which broke down without a deal on the North’s nuclear […]
NEW DELHI, United States (AFP) — A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the shallow quake was about 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Along, and 180 kilometers southwest of the state capital Itanagar. It struck at 1:45 am (2015 GMT Tuesday). Arunachal Pradesh is India’s least densely populated state, but is still home to more than 1.2 million people, according […]
by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse Jenjarom, Malaysia (AFP) — Pictures by Mohd Rasfan and Brenton Edwards. Video by Patrick Lee From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China’s ban on accepting the world’s used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil. For many years, China received the bulk of scrap plastic from around the world, processing much of it into a higher […]
(Eagle News) – The Catholic Archdiocesan Committee on Church Heritage (ACCH) – Pampanga has recommended a “lockdown” of all heritage churches in Pampanga following the 6.1 magnitude quake that damaged many structures in the province. In its Facebook page, the ACCH said that it is recommending the lockdown for “everyone’s safety.” The ACCH also received reports of cracks in some of the structures of the old Catholic chuches, many of which had been built […]
(Eagle News)–The death toll in the 6.1-magnitude quake that struck Luzon on Monday, April 23, has risen to 16. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said of the fatalities, five lost their lives at Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga while seven from other parts of Porac. Two died in Lubao, Pampanga; one in Angeles, Pampanga; and one in San Marcelino, Zambales, the NDRRMC said. The NDRRMC said 81 people were injured, while 14 […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology allayed fears of a tsunami after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Eastern Samar on Tuesday, April 23. According to PHIVOLCS’ Ishmael Narag, there was no threat of the same based on the information made available to them. The 6.5-magnitude quake struck San Felipe at 1:37 p.m. Aftershocks were recorded afterwards. The Eastern Samar earthquake came a day after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that killed at least four people struck […]
(Eagle News)—A 4.6-magnitude aftershock was reported in Eastern Samar more than an hour after it was hit by a 6.5-magnitude quake on Tuesday, April 23. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the aftershock took place at 2:41 p.m., 22 kilometers northeast of Catbalogan. The depth of focus of the aftershock was 5 kilometers. An intensity IV was felt in Borongan. Other aftershocks ranging from magnitude 1.8 to 3.3 magnitude were recorded in Eastern […]
